Montblanc Star Classique "On the Wrist Review"
Montblanc Star Classique Review by Michael Ting ©September 2012 The Star Collection was Montblanc’s original timepiece line. For years, these watches languished on the shelves due to outdated designs and a non existent marketing strategy. Sadly these mode...
Actually...
... very chic on the wrist. Somewhat new direction of MB. Could be used for dressy as well as casual. Nice review, Mike. Thanks! Ken
Yes, the rose gold with the slate gray dial is very attractive
in the metal...but no way anyone could dress down with that particular model Thanks Ken for you compliment. Best, Mike
Nice simple elegant watch
Thanks for the review Mike! I love the blued hands and the clean dial. A great entry level watch by Montblanc. Cheers, Anthony
It was my pleasure actually
With these two crawling around I've forgotten what a dress watch feels like on the wrist! PS- hope you will come up to Maine one of these days... ...
The thinness...
and very simple dial make this a very attractive watch. Great review!
Here is a pic to consider
My Altiplano which is thinner than the Star Classique. Yet despite knowing that the Piaget ultrathin movement is "durable", I would never wear it daily...if something were to fail, I suspect the cost of servicing the Piaget would easily be more than a com...
They couldn't be bothered to remove the date wheel?
Even though that would have made the "ultrathin" watch thinner? That affects the way I think about Mont Blanc as a company.
The cost of removal exceeds that of the
The cost of date disk removal exceeds that of the new movement, factoring expensive Swiss manual labour costs. The main spring torque has been optimised for running the watch with balance wheel and date wheel loads. Messing with that could affect precisio...
Well removing the date wheel probably wouldn't have made much difference to the height
The ETA with the date wheel is 4.35mm high. So the Star is about 4.5 mm thicker than the movement itself to account for the case, dial, hands, and crystal. The factors that MTF already stated is much more important. Best, Mike
Was this crystal-ball gazing?
REAL Montblanc Star Classique MOCK-UP FANTASY Montblanc watch in a previous posting; click following URL: Truth is stranger than Fiction :-) MTF ...
A solid watch...
There are some watches that are just great solid watches. And fortunately for humbled individuals such as myself, it's nice to see solid watches like these still available that don't cost an arm and a leg. In a world of over-massive inflation in the luxur...